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MISSIONARY  PAPERS. 


CONTENTS 

7Ft?i  Christlanitu  prevail  in  India 

Illustratio7is  of  Hindooisni  _  _  _  _ 

Eoetent  and  Success  of  Ulissions  in  India 

Kehela’s  letter  to  Abraham  lincoln 

What  the  Savage  Islanders  did  for  the  New  Shijt 

letter  to  the  Children  about  the  Horning  Star 


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/  C  II  I  C  ,A  a  0  : 

AMERICAN  BOARD  OF  COMMISSIONERS  FOR  FOREIGN  MISSIONS, 

PUBLISHED  BY  THE  DISTRICT  SECRETARY,  51  LASALLE  RT. 

18G6. 


CHURCH,  GOODMAN  &  DONNEi.UKV'S  STEA'l  I’KES.S. 


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them  l)j  mail  or  otherwise,  at  the  rate  of 


Address, 


REV.  S.  J.  HUMPHREY 


District  Secretary. 


51  LaSalle  St.,  Chicago,  111. 


The  first  nine  months  of  the  financial  year  of  the  Board 
closed  on  the  31st  of  Maj.  The  receipts  for  this  time  were 
$282,857.  This  is  more  than  $8,000  less  than  was  receiyed  during 
the  same  period  last  year,  and  leayes  $224,000  of  the  sum  appro¬ 
priated  for  the  current  year  to  be  obtained  within  the  remaining 
three  months.  This  simple  statement  sufficiently  indicates  the  call 
for  prompt  and  generous  effort.” — Missionary  Herald. 

In  the  Nortli-westerii  District  the  receipts  for  the  first  eight 
months  of  the  Board’s  financial  year  were  $4,480,88  in  adyance  of 
those  of  the  same  period  last  year.  But  a  large  falling  off  in  the 
May  receipts  diminishes  this  gain  by  $1,135.74.  It  is  greatly  to 
be  hoped  that  the  income  of  the  remaining  two  months,  July  and 
August,  will  retrieye  this  deficit  and  enable  us  to  show  at  the  end 
of  the  year  a  large  and  substantial  increase  in  our  beneficence  for 
foreign  missions. 

District  Seo'etary. 


I  .‘^4:->44 


WILL  CHRISTIANITY  PREVAIL  IN  INDIA?  * 

BY  REV.  E.  BISSELL,  OF  THE  MAHRATTA  MISSION. 

In  one  of  my  tours  among  the  Mahratta  villages,  I  met  toward 
the  close  of  the  day,  a  little  company  of  men  at  the  rest-house. 
After  conversing  a  while,  they  asked  me  to  pray,  that  they 
might  know  how  Christians  worshiped  God.  I  assented,  and 
offered  a  short  prayer.  They  listened  in  silence,  and  at  the  end 
said,  “Well  done,  that  is  a  good  way  to  pray.”  Then  one  of 
them,  a  wealthy  and  influential  man,  addressed  me  in  the  follow¬ 
ing  somewhat  remarkable  words  :  “  Sahib,  your  religion  is  true, 
and  it  will  prevail  in  this,  land.  If  we  do  not  embrace  it  our 
children  will — or  if  they  do  not  their  children  will,  for  it  is  true 
and  must  prevail.”  He  spoke  as  if  in  earnest  and  I  have  no 
doubt  uttered  not  only  his  own  convictions  but  those  of  a  large 
number  of  his  countrymen. 

The  prophecy  thus  finding  expression  at  this  man’s  lips,  is 
confirmed  by  the  promises  of  God  and  the  experience  of  the 
missionaries  who  labor  there.  The  gospel  has  entered  India  and 
encamped  to  remain.  It  is  mightily  assaulting  that  stronghold  of 
Satan  on  many  sides.  Three  thousand  years  the  powers  of  dark¬ 
ness  have  been  entrenching  themselves,  and  training  the  people 
to  resist  all  invasion  from  the  allied  hosts  of  God’s  elect.  But 
the  seemingly  impregnable  fortress  now  begins  to  yield,  and  the 
final  triumph  is  sure,  for  an  Almighty  arm  has  undertaken  the 
work. 

The  place  of  my  own  labors  for  the  last  twelve  or  fifteen  years, 
has  been  on  that  part  of  the  western  coast  of  India,  called  the 
Mahratta  country,  of  which  Bombay  is  the  capital.  It  is  the 
conflict  on  this  field  of  which  I  am  now  to  speak. 

The  Mahratta  country  embraces  some  300  miles  of  the  coast, 
north  and  south  of  Bombay,  reaching  inland  450  miles,  and 

*  The  substance  of  this  address,  has  been  delivered  in  many  churches,  East  and  West.  On  the 
eve  of  Mr.  Bissell’s  return  to  India  he  has  been  persuaded  to  prepare  it,  somewhat  hastily,  for 
publication.  Those  who  have  heard  it  from  his  lips  will  be  glad  to  see  it  in  this  form.  Others  to 
whom  it  may  come,  will  find  in  it  a  most  interesting  account  of  the  way  of  the  gospel  in  that 
dark  land. 


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contains  a  population  of  about  eleven  millions.  This  is  not  one 
tenth  part  of  India ;  for,  divided  into  States,  Hindostan  v'ould 
make  more  than  thirty  of  the  size  of  Ohio  ;  and  it  contains  a 
population  nearly  six  times  that  of  the  whole  United  States. 

To  know  whether  the  gospel  is  to  prevail  in  India,  we  need  to 
understand  what  obstacles  it  meets  there,  and  how  it  overcomes 
them.  I  will  notice  briefly  three  prominent  obstacles  :  Ignor¬ 
ance.,  the  Caste  System.,  and  Idolatry. 

Ignorance. — It  is  not  easy  to  give  a  correct  idea  of  the  full 
import  of  this  word  as  applied  to  the  Hindoos.  As  used  in  this 
land  it  is  a  comparative  term.  An  ignorant  man  or  community, 
means  one  less  intelligent  than  people  generally.  But  in  India 
it  is  an  absolute  term.  The  Hindoo  knows  nothing  that  is  worth 
knowing,  and  what  he  thinks  he  knows  is  but  delusion.  Only 
about  five  per  cent,  of  the  people  can  read  at  all — few  of  these 
intelligently.  Their  literature,  contained  in  their  sacred  books, 
is  made  up  of  a  little  false  Geography,  a  little  false  Astronomy, 
and  a  great  deal  of  false  History  and  Theology.  All  this,  re¬ 
tailed  to  the  people  by  the  Brahmins,  the  priestly  caste,  is  the 
foundation  of  their  opinions.  False  notions  of  their  Creator 
and  themselves — false  notions  of  the  wmrld  in  which  they  live, 
and  the  world  to  which  they  are  going  !  The  question  is  some¬ 
times  asked,  ‘‘Why  not  send  Bibles  and  tracts  by  the  ship-load, 
and  scatter  them  broadcast  over  the  land?”  But  books  do  not 
dispel  ignorance  unless  they  are  read.  Only  five  in  a  hundred 
of  the  people  can  read,  and  most  of  them  tvould  not  read  Chris¬ 
tian  books.  The  living  missionary  go  with  the  Bible  in  his 
hand  to  secure  its  being  read.  In  a  village  I  once  visited,  a 
sherifit  came  to  me  for  a  primer  for  his  boy,  that  he  might  learn 
to  read.  These  primers  I  used  to  give  to  the  poor,  but  of  the 
rich  asked  two  pice  each  —  a  mere  nominal  price.  The  man 
refused  to  buy,  but  begged  one  as  a  gift.  Adhering  to  my  rule, 
I  left  the  place  without  giving  it  to  him.  After  going  a  short 
distance,  I  looked  back  and  saw  the  boy  running  after  me.  I 
thought  the  man  had  at  last  concluded  to  buy  the  book,  but  I 
was  mistaken  ;  he  had  sent  his  boy  with  one  pice,  hoping  I 
would  at  least  remit  half  the  price  of  the  primer.  Now  this  you 
may  take  as  that  man’s  estimate  of  the  value  of  an  education 


*  One  pice — three-fourths  of  a  cent. 


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for  his  son.  Three-fourths  of  a  cent  he  would  give  to  buy  his 
son  the  means  of  learning  to  read,  but  twice  that  sum  he  would 
not  expend ;  and  this  man,  on  the  occasion  of  that  boy’s  mar¬ 
riage,  would  perhaps  spend  a  hundred  Rupees  f  in  loading  him 
with  ornaments  and  gay  clothing,  and  feasting  the  lazy  Brah¬ 
mins.  That  he  w’ould  think  was  the  proper  way  of  spending 
money. 

“  Over  the  ocean  wave,  far,  far  awav, 

There  the  poor  heathen  live,  waiting  for  daj, 

Groping  in  ignorance  dark  as  the  nighty 
With  no  blessed  Bible  to  give  them  the  light  ; 

Pity  them,  pity  them,  Christians  at  home, 

Haste  with  the  bread  of  life,  hasten  and  come.” 

2.  The  Caste  System  is  a  great  obstacle  to  the  truth.  The 
word  caste,  means  kind  or  species.  The  same  word  which  is 
used  of  men  is  also  applied  to  animals  and  trees.  The  ortho¬ 
dox  Hindoo  theory  is,  that  the  Creator  in  the  beginning  formed 
four  distinct  castes  of  men.  The  first  of  these  issued  from  his 
mouth,  the  second  from  his  breast,  the  third  from  his  loins,  and 
the  fourth  from  his  feet.  But  now,  instead  of  four,  probably  full 
fifty  distinctions  are  recognized.  When  the  question  “  Who  are 
you  ?”  is  asked  of  a  Hindoo,  he  answers  it  by  simply  giving  his 
caste.  ‘‘Who  are  you?”  “I  am  sl  Brahmin  f  or,  “a  Kunahif 
as  the  case  may  be.  This  is  supposed  to  be  the  most  important 
item  of  information  respecting  a  man,  and  sufficiently  defines 
him.  His  rights  and  privileges — where  he  may  go,  and  where  he 
may  not — are  then  understood.  And  to  maintain  this  social  po¬ 
sition  intact  is  one  chief  aim  of  his  life.  The  different  castes 
may  talk  together,  buy  or  sell  to  each  other,  etc.  ;  but  they  may 
not  intermarry,  eat  or  drink  together,  nor  if  widely  separated, 
may  they  touch  each  other.  Between  the  highest  and  lowest  the 
chasm  is  awful.  Even  the  shadow  of  the  Mahar  falling  upon 
the  Brahmin  is  polluting.  If  the  low-caste  servant  brings  an 
official  letter,  he  never  places  it  in  the  hand  of  his  master,  but 
throws  it  down  at  his  feet.  Oftentimes  when  I  have  offered  the 
Brahmin  a  book,  he  has  refused  to  receive  it  unless  I  would  lay 
it  upon  the  ground — or  at  least  cover  my  hand  with  a  cloth  as  I 
passed  it  to  him,  lest  some  possible  pollution  might  be  carried 
over  from  me  to  his  sacred  person. 


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Now,  the  gospel  gives  no  place  to  this  caste  system.  It  teaches 
that  “  God  hath  made  of  one  blood  all  nations  of  men that 
all  are  the  children  of  one  parent.  When  a  Hindoo  becomes  a 
Christian  he  accepts  this  truth,  and  hence  by  his  countrymen  he 
is  thought  to  fall  out  of  their  social  system  entirely,  and  sinks 
down  to  the  position  of  an  outcast.  All  his  social  rights  are 
forfeited.  He  is  an  exile  in  his  native  land,  and  an  alien  in  his 
father’s  house.  When  Vishnupunt,  originally  a  Brahmin,  now 
pastor  of  the  second  church  in  Ahmednuggur,  became  a  Christian, 
his  parents  not  only  disowned  him  as  an  apostate,  but  they  said, 
“We  have  no  son.  Our  son  is  dead:”  and  they  performed  the 
usual  funeral  rites,  as  if  he  were  really  dead.  Such  is  the  ordeal 
through  which  the  convert  from  Hindooism  must  often  pass  in 
embracing  Christianity.  To  this  would  be  added  personal  vio¬ 
lence,  were  it  not  for  the  protection  of  civil  law,  and  often  it  is 
done  in  the  face  of  law.  What  an  obstacle  to  the  progress  of 
Christianity  this  system  of  caste,  so  tenaciously  held,  must  be, 
needs  no  further  illustration  to  show.  It  drives  away  inquirers, 
holds  back  the  timid  believer,  and  sometimes  even  enters  the 
church,  and  alienates  members  from  each  other. 

3.  Idolatry. — ^This  is  an  obstacle  perhaps  even  greater  than 
caste.  Idol- worship  is  not  only  a  lie  in  itself,  but  it  debases  and 
stupefies  the  man  almost  beyond  the  comprehension  of  moral 
truth.  You  have  read  that  description  of  the  idols  of  the  heathen 
in  the  115th  Psalm,  “Eyes  have  they,  but  they  see  not.  They 
have  ears  but  they  hear  not,  etc.;”  and  at  the  close  of  the  descrip¬ 
tion  it  is  added,  “  they  that  make  them  are  like  unto  them,  so  is 
every  one  that  trusteth  in  them.”  That  psalm  was  penned  by  one 
who  had  lived  among  the  heathen,  and  seen  the  degrading 
efiects  of  a  system  of  idolatry  continued  through  many  genera¬ 
tions  ;  and  he  says  the  people  are  just  as  stupid  as  the  blocks  they 
worship.  The  love  of  truth  is  gone,  the  moral  sense  is  blunted, 
falsehood  and  delusion  are  the  very  atmosphere  in  which  they 
live.  You  have  read  much  of  the  cruelty  of  the  Hindoos — of 
their  widow-burning,  hook-swinging,  and  painful  penances — but 
painful  as  these  things  are,  this  other  phase  of  Hindooism  seems 
to  me  scarcely  less  pitiable — its  stupefying^  deadening  influence 


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u])on  the  intellect  and  heart. Religious  worship,  which  should 
he  solemn  and  impressive,  becomes  with  them,  puerile  and  frivo¬ 
lous.  Penance  is  substituted  for  repentance,  and  bodily  contor¬ 
tions  for  heart-homage.  Not  idols  alone  are  worshiped.  They 
see  an  imaginary  deity  in  everything.  Men  and  animals,  birds 
and  reptiles,  stones  and  trees,  in  turn  become  objects  of  worship. 
The  Mahrattas  have  one  day  in  the  year  set  apart  for  the  wor¬ 
ship  of  the  crows.  They  prepare  a  feast  and  carry  it  out  to 
these  birds,  and  call  it  a  dinner  for  the  spirits  of  their  fathers. 
Ask  them  why  the  crows  rather  than  other  birds,  represent  their 
ancestors,  and  they  have  no  reason  to  give,  only  that  their 
fathers  regarded  it  so.  Another  day  in  the  year  is  devoted  to 
the  worship  of  the  cobra,  a  poisonous  serpent.  A  third  day 
each  year  is  given  to  the  worship  of  their  oxen.  They  paint  the 
horns  of  their  dumb  beasts,  bedeck  them  with  tassels  and  trink¬ 
ets,  lead  them  in  solemn  (!)  procession  down  to  a  river,  bathe 
and  worship  them,  and  the  next  day  yoke  them  to  the  plow 
and  whip  them.  Could  anything  bearing  the  name  of  religious 
rites  be  more  contemptible  !  Could  any  depth  of  delusion  be 
more  pitiable  !  f 

It  is  sometimes  asked,  are  not  these  simple  notions  after  all 
harmless  ?  As  an  illustration  of  their  influence  upon  the  char¬ 
acter  and  customs  of  the  people,  take  the  following :  It  is  one 
of  the  favorite  doctrines  of  the  high-caste  Hindoos  that  all  life 
is  from  Grod,  and  is  equally  sacred.  Hence  the  inference  that 
it  is  just  as  great  charity  to  preserve  the  life  of  an  animal  as 
that  of  a  man.  In  consistence  with  this  tenet  they  have  built 
a  poor-house  at  Bombay  for  diseased  and  superannuated  cows, 
cats  and  doss.  There  the  miserable  creatures,  which  it  would  be 
mercy  to  kill  at  once,  are  permitted  to  drag  out  a  wretched  life 
till  nature  relieves  them.  And  this  is  Hindoo  charity  1  And  I 
knoAv  not  of  a  poor-house  for  men  and  women  in  all  India,  built 
before  Christianity  came  there.  I  have  seen  the  Hindoo  take  a 

*  The  ignorance,  fatalism  and  mere  animality  of  the  devotee  of  idols  defies  all  description. 
Discourse  on  spiritual  things  to  him  is,  to  use  one  of  his  own  similes — like  inlaying  the  lute  to  a 
buffalo,  lie  content  in  his  physical,  mental  and  moral  degradation.  “  A  full  stomach  is  my 
heaven.”  “  My  stomach  will  soon  cry  out  if  I  begin  to  think  of  any  thing  beyond  my  work” — is 
his  language. 

+  Looking  upon  such  follies,  seeing  them  change  the  glory  of  the  uncorruptible  God  into  gro¬ 
tesque  images  of  every  conceivable  thing — and  in  the  absence  of  the  forms  their  hands  have  made, 
bowing  down,  even  to  the  loathsome  reptiles  crawling  at  their  feet — how  often  have  we  uttered 
\vith  new  emphasis  the  words  of  Paul — they  “  became  vain  in  their  imaginations  and  their  foolish 
heart  was  darkened.  Professing  themselves  to  be  wise,  they  J)ecame  fools 


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handful  of  sugar  or  rice,  and  going  out  into  the  field,  drop  a 
pinch  here  and  a  pinch  there  over  the  ant-holes  to  feed  these  in¬ 
sects.  Why  not  ?  That  handful  of  sugar  would  feed  a  thousand 
ants,  and  scarcely  suffice  for  one  man.  How  much  better  to 
feed  a  thousand  living  beings  than  one  ! 

Such  are  the  people,  and  such  the  obstacles  which  the  gospel 
encounters  in  India.  This  stolid  ignorance,  these  bulwarks  of 
caste,  this  dead  stupidity  induced  by  the  worship  of  blocks  and 
stones  for  many  centuries,  seem  well  nigh  invincible.  And  now, 
will  the  Bible  make  its  way  there  in  the  face  of  such  difficulties  ? 
Has  the  gospel  power  to  enter  this  stronghold  of  Satan,  and  dis¬ 
possess  the  usurper  ?  I  answer  unhesitatingly,  yes.  The  work 
is  great — -the  obstacles  immense,  but  the  gospel  is  a  sovereign 
remedy — the  word  of  God  is  quick  and  powerful. 

We  sometimes  see  this  power  illustrated  more  strikingly  in  the 
case  of  one  man,  than  when  we  speak  of  a  whole  community. 
I  remember  on  one  of  my  tours,  a  poor  man  whose  name  was 
Pandu  came  extending  both  hands  like  a  suppliant,  and  suppos¬ 
ing  him  a  beggar,  I  dropped  a  few  pence  in  his  hand  and  was 
turning  away.  He  was  a  victim  of  that  terrible  disease,  the 
black  leprosy.  This  scourge,  not  uncommon  in  India,  begins  its 
work  in  the  joints,  the  fingers,  toes,  and  organs  of  the  face,  and 
eats  them  off  inch  by  inch ;  thus  the  man  may  be  ten  or  a  dozen 
years  in  dying.  I  have  seen  the  leper,  who  is  generally  a  beg¬ 
gar,  extend  a  hand  for  charity  which  had  nothing  left  but  the 
round  palm  on  which  to  receive  alms.  In  Pandu  the  disease  was 
in  its  first  stages,  and  the  catechist  who  lived  at  his  village  told 
me  he  was  interested  in  the  truth.  Said  he,  “  a  few  weeks  ago 
Pandu  was  the  vilest  man  in  the  place.  He  would  abuse  with 
obscene  language  every  one  who  came  near  him,  and  beat  his  wife 
cruelly.  He  seemed  to  hate  every  body  ;  no  one  would  let  his 
dog  go  to  Pandu’s  house,  the  poor  animal  would  be  so  ill-treated. 
One  day  in  a  rage  he  seized  an  old  razor  and  tried  to  end  his 
miserable  existence.  The  screams  of  his  wife  brought  a  Chris¬ 
tian  neighbor,  who  wrested  the  weapon  from  his  hands,  and 
saved  his  life.”  While  he  was  suffering  from  the  wound  he  had 
inflicted,  the  catechist  visited  him,  helped  him  kindly,  and  read 
to  him  from  the  Bible.  This  kindness  won  his  heart.  He  saw 
there  was  something  in  Christianity  which  was  not  in  Hindooism. 


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As  lie  recovered,  he  began  to  attend  the  meetings  of  the  cate¬ 
chist.  He  gave  up  his  habit  of  vile  abuse,  and  his  whole  life 
was  changed.  Even  the  heathen  noticed  it  with  wonder,  and 
acknowledged  that  Christianity  had  made  Pandu  a  new  man. 
Leaving  his  home,  he  came  twenty  miles  to  my  place  of  residence, 
and  spent  some  weeks  there  attending  our  daily  meetings.  He 
asked  to  be  received  into  the  church,  and,  after  some  months  of 
trial,  was  approved.  He  was  to  be  received  as  soon  as  I  could 
visit  his  village,  and  baptize  him  in  the  presence  of  his  own 
people.  But  a  few  days  after  returning  home  he  was  taken  se¬ 
riously  ill.  The  catechist  told  me  of  his  last  days.  Said  he, 
he  wanted  me  to  read  the  Bible  and  pray  with  him  all  the 
time.”  He  said  he  should  not  get  well,  and  that  he  had  but  one 
regret;  that  was,  he  had  not  yet  prof essed  Christ  and  been  bap¬ 
tized.  I  am  afraid  I  shall  not  be  received  up  there,  because  I 
have  not  the  seal  on  me.”  The  catechist  comforted  him — told 
him  that  if  he  trusted  in  Christ  with  all  his  heart,  he  would  not 
be  rejected  because  he  had  not  an  opportunity  of  being  baptized. 
He  said,  “I  do  believe  in  Christ,  He  is  my  only  Saviour.”  He 
charged  his  wife,  who  was  not  a  Christian,  to  have  no  heathen 
rites  performed  at  his  funeral.  I  am  a  Christian  at  heart,  let 
the  Christians  bury  me.”  And  the  Christians  did  bury  him,  and 
mourned  for  him  as  for  a  brother.  And  I  verily  believe  Pandu’s 
name  will  be  found  in  the  Book  of  Life,  though  it  is  not  on  our 
church  roll  here  on  earth.  Now  think  how  low  the  gospel  reach¬ 
ed  down  to  save  that  man  !  As  vile  and  loathsome  as  he  could 
make  himself — a  leper  in  body  and  soul — the  gospel  still  found 
something  to  take  hold  of,  and  lifting  him  up,  transformed  him 
into  a  humble,  trusting  believer  in  Christ.  And  as  he  lay  down 
on  the  bare  ground  to  die,  he  could  sing  at  heart  as  you  and  I 
hope  to  do, 

“Jesus  can  make  a  d3nng  bed, 

Feel  soft  as  downy  pillows  are  “  — 

because  he  had  that  blessed  hope  which  the  gospel  gives — that 
precious  hope  which  can  bridge  over  the  chasm  between  this  world 
and  the  next,  and  make  the  transit  safe  and  easy. 

I  have  mentioned  the  case  of  Pandu  as  illustrating  how  the 
gospel  can  reach  even  the  lowest.  Another  example  will  show 
what  living  Christians  the  converts  often  become.  Yesoba  was  a 


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man  of  more  than  ordinary  thought  and  thrift  among  his  people, 
and,  taking  up  the  business  of  a  cattle-dealer,  became  compara¬ 
tively  wealthy.  One  day,  when  returning  from  the  market  with 
a  bag.  of  money,  he  called  upon  the  missionary  whom  he  had 
met  before,  and  sat  conversing  upon  the  need  of  a  Saviour.  As 
he  became  convinced  of  his  lost  condition,  he  emptied  his  bag 
of  rupees  on  the  floor,  and  said  with  earnestness  to  the  mission¬ 
ary,  “  Sahib,  take  this  money  and  give  me  salvation.”  The 
missionary  explained  to  him  that  the  salvation  of  the  gospel  was 
without  money  and  wdthout  price  ;  ”  and  gathering  up  his  ru¬ 
pees,  he  went  home  sad  and  thoughtful.  But  it  was  not  long 
before  he  found  the  Saviour,  and  became  his  disciple.  The  ene¬ 
mies  of  Christianity  noAv  determined  to  effect  his  ruin.  His 
cattle  were  poisoned,  and  in  this  and  other  ways  his  property 
Avas  mostly  destroyed.  He  received  hints  that  if  he  w^ould 
renounce  Christianity  his  cattle  would  not  die.  But  his  reply 
Avas,  ‘Hhere  was  a  man  in  the  land  of  Uz,  whose  name  was  Job, 
and  though  my  sorrow  should  equal  his,  I  will  not  give  up  my 
religion.”  Others  became  Christians,  and  a  little  church  Avas 
organized,  of  which  Yesoba  Avas  chosen  deacon.  He  exerted 
himself  to  form  a  missionary  society.  The  monthly  concert  Avas 
observed,  and  on  the  first  Monday  of  each  month  he  always  put 
his  ruipee  into  the  missionary  box.  In  his  last  sickness  a  high- 
caste  neighbor  called,  and  spoke  in  a  condoling  strain  of  his  for¬ 
mer  prosperity.  “  I  have  lost  my  property,  true,”  said  Yesoba, 
“  but  I  have  gained  an  inheritance  in  heaven  which  1  shall  never 
lose.”  Taking  the  hand  of  his  children  he  gave  each  one  some 
last  adAuce.  To  his  eldest  son,  Avho  Avould  have  the  homestead, 
his  dying  charge  Avas,  “  on  the  first  Monday  never  forget  to  gAe 
the  rupee — never  neglect  it.” 

Such  conquests  the  truth  is  continually  making.  The  con¬ 
verts  come  from  every  caste,  the  highest  as  Avell  as  the  loAvest. 
The  proud  Brahmin,  the  high-born  Mahratta,  and  the  outcast 
Maliar  meet  in  the  Christian  church.  A  fcAV  years  ago  they  Avould 
not  eat  in  the  same  house,  or  draw  Avater  from  the  same  Avell. 
Noav  they  come  together  around  the  Lord’s  table,  eat  of  one 
bread,  drink  of  one  cup,  and  acknoAvledge  themselves  the  children 
of  one  Father,  the  disciples  of  one  Saviour.  In  the  Mahratta 
mission  of  the  American  Board  there  are  now  tAventy-three  organ- 


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ized  churches,  containing  about  six  hundred  and  fifty  members. 
And,  including  baptized  children,  the  Christian  community  num¬ 
bers  nearly  twelve  hundred.  These  Christians  are  widely  scat¬ 
tered,  residing  in  one  hundred  and  twenty  different  towns  and 
villages,  each  a  faithful  witness  for  Christ  among  the  heathen 
by  whom  he  is  surrounded.  Four  or  five  of  these  churches  have 
already  been  supplied  with  native  pastors,  and  other  young  men 
are  now  studying  to  prepare  themselves  for  the  sacred  office.  The 
training  school  at  Ahmednuggur  is  also  sending  forth  every  year 
young  men  who  labor  as  catechists  and  teachers  in  the  surround¬ 
ing  districts. 

The  native  churches  are  accepting  the  duty  of  supporting  their 
pastors,  and  giving  the  gospel  to  their  own  countrymen.  Sev¬ 
eral  of  the  churches  have  monthly  collections,  and  employ  one 
of  their  own  members  to  visit  distant  villages  and  preach  the 
gospel  to  the  people.  At  the  anniversary  meetings  in  October, 
the  missionaries  from  all  the  stations,  and  several  hundred  of  the 
native  Christians  meet  at  Ahmednuggur.  Many  of  the  people 
bring  forward  their  offerings  to  the  missionary  cause  on  these 
occasions.  At  one  of  these  meetings,  a  native  pastor,  after  mak¬ 
ing  an  earnest  appeal,  took  out  his  purse  and  emptied  it  on  the 
table.  It  contained,  as  we  afterwards  learned,  twenty-six  ru¬ 
pees,  or  a  little  more  than  his  monthly  salary  as  pastor  of  the 
church.  The  appeal  enforced  by  the  example  was  electric,  and 
abundant  offerings  followed  ;  not  money  alone,  ornaments,  house¬ 
hold  articles,  animals,  grain,  etc.,  were  given  or  pledged,  amount¬ 
ing  to  several  hundred  rupees.  Some  gave  in  silence,  others 
accompanied  their  offering  with  a  few  earnest  words.  One  pastor 
of  a  church  arose  and  said,  ‘‘  Last  year  I  met  with  a  loss — sixty- 
five  rupees  were  stolen  from  me  ;  I  never  recovered  them.  But 
this  year  God  has  kept  me  and  mine,  and  I  will  give  him  the 
sum  which  I  lost  last  year.”  How  many  would  have  made  the 
loss  a  sufficient  excuse  for  diminishing  or  withholding  their  con¬ 
tribution,  yet  this  man  made  it  the  occasion  of  giving  generously. 

A  teacher  rising,  said,  “  there  was  one  present  last  year  who 
is  not  here  to-day.”  He  paused  a  moment  from  deep  emotion. 
All  knew  to  whom  he  referred — his  own  wife,  a  lovely  Christian 
woman  who  had  died  within  the  year.  He  continued,  “  She  left 
me  a  string  of  gold  beads.  I  would  have  kept  them  as  a  me- 


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mento  of  my  dear  wife ;  but  I  think  they  would  better  be  in  the 
hands  of  Jesus.” 

A  lad  about  sixteen  years  old,  a  student  in  the  school,  who,  by 
diligence  and  close  application,  had  passed  an  examination  be¬ 
fore  some  English  society,  and  won  a  prize  of  twelve  rupees, 
brought — not  half  of  it,  which  would  have  been  a  generous 
gift — but  the  whole  twelve^  and  gave  them  to  the  Lord. 

A  poor  illiterate  man  sat  near  the  table  in  a  scarlet  coat,wmrn 
for  ornament  as  well  as  for  use.  He  took  it  off  deliberately,  and 
folding  it,  laid  it  on  the  table — then  said,  Begone,  my  adorning, 
all  beauty  belongs  to  Jesus  Christ.”  How  unlike  the  selfish 
spirit  of  the  world,  which,  when  it  sees  a  beautiful  object,  says, 
‘Hhat  must  be  mine.”  ‘‘No,”  says  the  Hindoo  convert,  “  that 
is  beautiful,  therefore  give  it  to  Jesus.” 

A  poor  blind  woman  having  taken  her  seat  humbly  just  inside 
the  door,  came  groping  her  way  up  the  aisle,  reached  out  her 
hand,  caught  hold  first  of  the  leg  of  the  table,  and  feeling  her 
way  to  the  top,  laid  a  rupee  upon  it. 

AVomen,  and  little  children  even,  took  off  their  ornaments  from 
their  arms,  their  necks,  their  ears,  and  brought  them  forward 
joyfully  for  the  good  cause.  Noav,  it  may  be  said,  this  was  an 
impulsive  movement,  and  hence  not  so  valuable.  But  it  was  an 
impulse  in  the  right  direction,  and  Christian  principle  and  the 
love  of  Christ  were  the  foundation  of  it.  The  Oriental  is  pro¬ 
verbially  impulsive,  and  what  we  want  is  to  have  all  his  impulses 
sanctified,  and  working  for  Christ.  Then  there  will  be  no  dan¬ 
ger  of  his  doing  too  much. 

Christianity  is  planted  in  India,  it  has  taken  root,  and  is  al¬ 
ready  bringing  forth  fruit.  The  gospel  is  a  real  power  there. 
It  takes  hold  of  the  hearts  of  men,  and  transforms  them  for 
Christ.  If  the  church  wall  put  its  hand  to  this  enterprise  with 
an  energy  and  zeal  in  proportion  to  its  magnitude  and  impor¬ 
tance,  India  may  be  converted  to  Christ  before  the  end  of  the 
present  century.  It  is  the  conviction  of  many  Hindoos  that  their 
OAvn  system  is  destined  to  be  swept  aAvay.  Thousands  have  lost 
all  confidence  in  Hindooism,  and  are  halting  between  Deism  and 
absolute  Atheism.  Many  believe  that  Christianity  is  true 
and  must  prevail.  Shall  the  Christian  have  less  confidence  in 
the  power  of  the  truth  than  the  unbelieving  Hindoo  ?  But  one 


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of  them,  who  had  expressed  the  conviction  of  which  I  speak,  had 
one  question  to  ask.  Said  he,  ‘‘  Why  is  it  that  so  many  genera¬ 
tions  of  our  people  have  passed  away  before  the  gospel  came 
here  ?”  This  was  a  hard  question,  and  I  could  not  answer  it  to 
his  satisfaction.  But  I  brought  it  home  for  the  American 
churches,  and  I  now  give  it  to  you.  Eighteen  centuries  have 
passed  since  the  command  was  given,  ^‘Preach  the  gospel  to  every 
creature,”  including  the  Hindoos.  If  the  church  had  done  its 
whole  duty  the  heathen  would  not  now  be  asking  us  such  ques¬ 
tions,  but  would  be  praising  God  that  they  had  the  gospel.  If 
we  have  no  responsibility  for  past  generations,  ive  have  for  the 
present,  and  future  ones.  Let  us  meet  it  faithfully. 

On  a  tour  to  the  south  of  Ahmednuggur  I  once  saw  in  nature 
an  illustration  of  the  gospel’s  progress,  which  had  in  my  mind 
almost  the  force  of  prophecy.  Passing  through  the  village  where 
my  tent  was  pitched  for  the  day,  I  noticed  a  large  tree,  perhaps 
three  feet  in  diameter,  called  the  Bitter  JSfimh.''  Some  twelve 
feet  from  the  ground  where  the  trunk  divided  into  branches, 
there  came  out  the  top  of  another  tree  of  an  entirely  different 
species — the  sacred  Fig-tree.  {Ficus  Beligiosa.)  The  trunk  of 
the  Nimb  near  the  ground  was  decayed  on  one  side,  and  looking 
into  the  cavity  I  saw  that  the  stock  of  the  fig  tree  went  straight 
down  through  the  rotten  heart  of  the  other  into  the  ground.  It 
Tvas  already  perhaps  a  foot  in  diameter.  And  there  it  stood  like 
a  young  giant  in  the  grasp  of  some  huge  monster,  in  a  struggle 
on  which  each  had  staked  its  life.  It  was  easy  to  see  what  would 
be  the  issue  of  the  contest.  Already  on  one  side  the  outer  trunk 
had  been  rift  from  the  branches  to  the  ground,  but  it  had  grown 
over  again  and  the  wound  was  healed.  In  another  place  a  fresh 
crack  gaped  open  so  that  I  could  thrust  in  my  clenched  hand. 
And  by  each  such  split  the  old  Nimb  was  growing  weaker,  while 
the  other  gained  strength  and  room.  The  fig  tree  by  its  irre¬ 
pressible  growth  was  slowly  but  surely  bursting  open  the  other, 
and  soon  would  stand  in  its  place.  As  I  looked  on  it  I  thought 
here  is  illustrated  what  the  gospel  is  doing  in  India.  Hindooism 
is  the  Bitter  Nimb — bitter  as  wormwood.  And  Christianity  is  the 
sacred  Fig  tree.  As  birds  of  the  air  dropped  the  seed  of  the 
fig  in  the  rotten  heart  of  the  old  Nimb,  and  it  took  root  there  ; 
so  heavenly  messengers  carried  the  seed  of  gospel  truth  and 


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planted  it  in  the  midst  of  the  old  eifete  system  of  Hindooism,  and 
it  thrust  its  roots  downward  and  its  branches  upward,  and  now 
by  its  vigorous  growth,  it  is  rending  asunder  and  uprooting  Hin¬ 
dooism,  and  soon  will  stand  in  its  place,  the  beautiful  Ficus  relig- 
iosa  of  Bethlehem.  And  oh,  what  precious  fruit  it  bears  !  A 
continual  harvest  of  redeemed,  sanctified  souls,  gathered  into  the 
garner  above. 


ILLUSTRATIONS  OF  HINDOOISM.^* 

The  Vedas. —  It  is  probable  that  the  most  ancient  parts  of 
theYedas,  or  Sacred  Books  of  the  Hindoos,  were  composed  as 
early  as  the  age  of  Abraham,  that  is,  about  2,000  B.C. 

Without  a  careful  study  of  these  books  no  real  insight  into 
the  origin  and  growth  of  Hindooism  is  to  be  obtained.  But  to 
understand  them  is  no  easy  task.  In  India  itself  they  are  no 
longer  studied  in  the  same  sense  as  the  Bible,  or  Roman  and 
Grecian  Classics  are  studied  in  Europe ;  for  the  present  Brah¬ 
mins  care  nothing  for  what  the  Vedas  really  contain,  but  the 
merely  parrot-like  utterance  of  the  words  of  the  Vedas  according 
to  their  time-hallowed  accents  is  deemed  quite  sufficient  for  the 
promotion  of  their  bodily  and  spiritual  welfare.  There  are  hun¬ 
dreds  of  Brahmins  now  living,  distinguished  from  the  others  by 
the  name  of  Bhatt,  who  have  learned  by  heart  the  whole  of  one 
of  the  four  Vedas  (each  of  them  being,  if  all  its  several  parts  are 
counted,  of  a  larger  bulk  than  the  Bible),  without  being  able  to 
tell  the  meaning  of  a  single  sentence.  The  mantras  or  prayers 
of  the  Vedas  are  regarded  as  a  kind  of  magic  formulas,  the  effi¬ 
cacy  of  which  rests  only  in  the  sound  and  order  of  the  words  and 
syllables.  The  very  words  of  the  text  are,  therefore,  syllable 
by  syllable,  learnt  by  heart  with  the  most  scrupulous  accuracy, 
and  so  much  so,  that  a  good  professional  Bhatt,  or  repeater  of 
the  Vedas,  is  actually  able  to  repeat  by  heart,  without  commit¬ 
ting  any  mistake,  even  in  such  apparently  trifling  matters  as 
accents  (but  in  their  eyes  matter  of  the  utmost  importance),  the 


*  From  the  Indian,  Year  Book,  18G3. 


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whole  of  one  of  the  Vedas.  They  used  to  spend  twelve  to  fifteen 
years  in  the  merely  mechanical  business  of  learning  the  Vedas 
by  heart.  This  practice  still  continues.  There  are  some  hun¬ 
dreds  of  young  Brahmins  at  Poona  alone  who  are  devoting  all 
their  energies,  zeal,  and  industry  to  this  merely  mechanical  busi¬ 
ness  to  earn  in  after-life,  as  a  poor  return  for  their  immense 
labor  and  toil,  a  monthly  income  of  from  three  to  four  rupees  !” 

The  following  may  be  taken  as  a  specimen  of  the  contents  of 
the  Veda^ : 

Vedic  Hymn  to  Frogs. —  The  Times  of  India  quotes  the 
following  from  Max  Muller’s  Big  Veda  Sanhita  : 

“  The  origin  of  this  most  curious  song  is  thus  related.  Vasis- 
tha,  desiring  for  a  shower  of  rain,  praised  Parjanya  with  a  hymn 
(7,102.)  The  frogs  accompanied  his  prayer  with  a  joyful  chorus. 
The  sage  hearing  them  merrily  croak,  became  extremely  pleased, 
and  made  a  poem  on  them.  We  give  here  a  translation  of  it : 

(1.)  Just  as  Brahmins,  who,  faithful  to  their  sacrificial  vow, 
have  been  silent  all  the  year,  (commence  their  prayers  anew 
after  the  vow  of  initiation  has  been  fulfilled)  so  the  frogs  (after 
having  slept  for  the  most  part  of  the  year)  have  found  their  voice 
again  ! 

(2.)  When  the  celestial  waters  fill  this  (tank),  like  a  leather 
bag  lying  in  a  desert,  the  frogs  croak  together  just  as  the  cows 
followed  by  their  calves  are  lowing  together. 

(3.)  When,  on  the  approach  of  the  rainy  season,  Parjanya  (the 
god  of  rain)  quenches  the  thirst  of  the  frogs  longing  (for  water) 
by  a  downpour,  they  merely  croak,  one  following  the  call  of  the 
other,  just  as  a  son  (follows)  his  father. 

(4.)  One  (frog)  goes  to  the  other,  seizing  him  when  the  waters 
pour  down  in  which  they  both  rejoice.  Then  the  frog,  wetted 
by  the  rain,  is  jumping  to  and  fro,  and  the  spotted  frog  mingles 
his  voice  with  that  of  the  green  colored  one. 

(5.)  One  responds  to  the  call  of  the  other,  just  as  a  pupil  is 
repeating  the  words  of  his  teacher.  You  all  show  signs  of  hap¬ 
piness  in  every  limb,  when  you  make  your  sweet  voice  heard  in 
the  waters. 

Among  them  there  is  one  lowing  like  a  cow;  another 
bleats  like  a  goat ;  one  of  them  is  spotted,  another  is  green.  All 
bear  the  same  character  though  they  differ  in  form,  voice,  and 


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color,  for  in  many  ways  they  modulate  their  voices  when  croak¬ 
ing. 

'X-  *  *  *  *  * 

May  the  frogs  give  us  riches !  that  one  which  lows  like 
a  cow,  and  that  one  which  bleats  like  a  goat.  May  the  spotted 
and  the  green  frogs  give  us  riches  !  May  the  frogs  which  grant 
us  hundreds  of  cows,  prolong  our  lives  in  (this)  season  produc¬ 
tive  of  thousand  (herbs).” 

In  contrast  with  this,  see  a  hymn  of  praise  from  our  Sacred 
Book^  and  then  let  us  be  thankful  that  we  live  in  a  land  of 
Bibles. 

9.  Thou  visitest  the  earth,  and  waterest  it :  thou  greatly  enrich- 
est  it  with  the  river  of  God,  whichi^  full  of  water  :  thou  preparest 
them  corn,  when  thou  hast  so  provided  for  it. 

10.  Thou  waterest  the  ridges  thereof  abundantly:  thou  settlest 
the  furrows  thereof :  thou  makest  it  soft  Avith  showers :  thou 
blessest  the  springing  thereof. 

11.  Thou  crownest  the  year  Avith  thy  goodness;  and  thy  paths 
drop  fatness. 

12.  They  drop  iipoii  the  pastures  of  the  wilderness  :  and  the 
little  hills  rejoice  on  every  side. 

13.  The  pastures  are  clothed  Avith  flocks  ;  the  valleys  also  are 

covered  over  Avith  corn;  they  shout  for  joy,  they  also  sing."^ 

» 

Gods  Quarkelling. — Miss  Cross,  of  Bellary,  AATites  : 

“Near  our  house  live  a  number  of  Avomen  supposed  to  possess 
supernatural  poAver ;  deluded  ones,  Avishing  to  knoAV  their  future 
history,  carr^^  presents,  etc.,  for  them  to  divine  them.  A  boy 
lives  in  the  same  house,  Avho  has  attended  Mr.  Macartney’s  school. 
This  AAutty  little  felloAV  one  day,  Avhen  all  Avere  gone  out,  Avent  into 
the  mysterious  room  Avhere  the  gods  Avere,  and  turned  one  upon 
his  head,  and  then  took  another,  and  stuck  in  the  feet  of  the 
first,  leaving  them  one  on  the  other.  This  occasioned  the  great¬ 
est  consternation,  and  a  grave  consultation  was  held  as  to  Avhat 
could  be  the  matter  with  the  gods  !  At  last  it  Avas  concluded 
that,  being  left  alone,  they  had  quarrelled,  and  in  future  some 
one  must  stay  at  home  and  take  care  of  them  !  ”  f 

Arrival  of  Krishna  at  Agra. — The  Delhi  Gazette  contains 
the  folio Aving : 

*  Psalm  Ixv. 


t  Female  Missionary  Inteiligencer. 


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“  Among  some  other  clistingnislied  arrivals  that  have  lately 
honored  Agra,  is  that  of  the  god  Krishna,  Avho  is,  Ave  hear,  ‘  pat¬ 
ting  up’  someAvhere  in  the  city.  lie  has  come  in  the  form  of  a  ' 
Brahmin,  and  passes  his  time  chiefly  in  a  swing,  in  which  he  sits 
Avhile  being  swung  by  married  Avomen.  His  presence  came  to 
onr  notice  in  consequence  of  one  of  the  ladies,  Avho  left  her  hus¬ 
band  to  SAvingthe  god,  not  returning  to  her  family.  Her  husband 
has  laid  a  complaint  before  the  Magistrate,  and  the  god  has  been 
summoned  to  the  Kutcherry  to  reply  to  the  charge.” 

Tjree  Wokship. — A  correspondent  of  the  Indian  Reformer 
Avrites  as  folloAvs : 

“  On  the  last  day  of  the  Bengali  month  of  Bhadra,  a  very  old 
Rat  tree.  Ficus  India^  situated  about  three  miles  from  the  vil¬ 
lage  of  Nadiya,  Avas  Avorshipped  by  no  less  than  10,000  people. 
The  Avorshippers  Avere,  of  course,  ignorant  husbandmen  for  the 
most  part,  and  Avomen  and  children.  Seven  jars  of  Ganges  Avater 
Avere  placed  under  the  tree,  and  tAvo  Brahmins  busied  themselves 
in  collecting  pice  and  sweatmeats  from  the  pilgrims  Avho  had  come 
from  various  parts  of  the  districts  of  Nadiya  and  BurdAvan.  The 
Avorship  consisted  only  in  sacrificing  a  large  number  of  animals 
under  the  tree.  You  may  Avonder,  but  it  is  a  fact,  that,  on  this 
occasion,  there  Avere  sacrificed  about  200  lambs,  3U0  kids,  and 
500  pigs  !  A  good  bit  round  about  the  sacred  tree  the  ground 
ran  Avith  blood.” 

Jaiist  Iaiage. — The  following  extract  is  from  the  Friend  of 
India  : 

“The  Bombay  Gazette  records  another  instance  of  the  influ¬ 
ence  of  gross  superstition  on  even  the  Avealthiest  and  most  intel¬ 
ligent  of  the  natives  of  India.  Notice  Avas  given  that  Parisnath, 
the  Avell-known  Jain  deity,  was  to  appear  in  a  field  atDoopha  in 
Oodeypore  for  a  few-days  only.  The  Jains  of  Bombay,  having  re¬ 
ceived  the  joyful  neAVS  by  telegraph,  chartered  steamers  for  Surat, 
proceeded  thence  by  railway  to  Ahraedabad,  and  thence  in  car¬ 
riages  and  palankins  to  the  miraculous  exhibition.  CroAvds  Avill 
assemble  and  a  great  fair  be  held.  The  last  Avatar  A\'as  at 
Malwa.  The  image  rises  up  sloAvly  out  of  the  ground,  remains  for  a 
time,  and  as  sloAvly  descends  into  the  ground  again.  A  hole  is 
dug  in  the  ground,  and  the  bottom  and  sides  of  it  are  in  some 
way  hardened — a  quantity  of  gram  is  then  put  into  it — the  image 
is  placed  on  the  gram — Avater  is  introduced  into  the  gram,  Avhich 
SAvells  and  raises  the  image  out  of  the  ground.  As  the  gram  dries 
the  image  again  sinks  into  the  ground,  and  the  earth  is  thrown 


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over  it.  Yet  this  is  not  worse  than  the  Holy  Coat,  the  winking 
Image,  or  the  blood  of  St.  Jannarius  in  Europe.” 

The  Stowach  the  Seat  op  Hindooism. — Mr.  Purushottam,  a 
wealthy  Hindoo,  traveling  in  England,  writes  thus  from  London 
to  Madras : 

“Before  my  departure  I  had  fully  determined  to  continue  to  be 
a  Hindoo,  and  nothing  else,  and  as  this  could  only  be  done  by  a 
strict  adherence  to,  and  performance  of,  all  the  injunctions,  rites, 
and  ceremonies  of  my  caste  and  religion,  therefore  from  the  mo¬ 
ment  of  my  going  on  board  the  vessel  which  was  to  convey  me 
to  England,  up  to  the  time  that  I  am  now  writing,  my  food  has 
been  prepared  in  a  separate  kitchen  by  my  Hindoo  servant,  and 
the  water  I  drink  is  pure  from  the  fountain  and  untouched,  and  I 
have  my  meals  apart  from  strangers,  my  daily  ablutions  have  been 
regularly  performed,  and  my  prayers  recited.  Since  my  arrival 
in  London  I  have  been  invited  to  entertainments  given  by  gentle¬ 
men  to  whom  I  have  been  introduced,  but  all  I  partake  of  on  such 
occasions,  are  grapes,  oranges  and  other  kinds  of  fruit,  and  a  little 
milk,  so  that  you  perceive  that  nectar  and  fruits  are  under  any 
circumstances  unobjectionable.” 

Remarking  on  this  the  Madras  Times  says  : 

“We  cannot  conceive  any  person  better  qualified  than  Puru¬ 
shottam,  by  his  own  showing,  appears  to  be,  to  support  a  nation¬ 
ality  which  depends  on  the  question  whether  apples  are  eaten 
roasted  or  raw.  The  model  Plindoo  dines  with  English  gentle¬ 
men,  partakes  of  fruit  only,  and  retains  his  nationality.  But  let 
the  fruit  appear  in  the  form  of  a  dumpling,  and  he  is  a  lost  Hin¬ 
doo  !  Other  religions  may  be  seated  in  the  mind  and  soul — but 
the  stronghold  of  Hindooism  is  the  stomach.  A  Hindoo  may  re¬ 
tain  his  faith  against  all  argument,  and  against  all  violence,  but 
mix  a  little  bit  of  beef  in  his  food,  and  his  religion  is  gone  !  not 
that  he  renounces  it,  but  that  it  repudiates  him.  In  all  religions 
but  one,  the  Almighty  is  looked  to  as  the  protector  of  the  poor 
against  the  oppressor:  in  all  religions  but  one,  he  who  endures  to 
the  end  will  receive  his  reward.  In  Hindooism  alone  man  has  the 
power  to  stand  between  Heaven  and  his  fellow  creatures,  and  to 
affect  their  fate  beyond  the  grave.  Let  half  a  dozen  Hindoos 
seize  one  of  their  own  caste,  and  forcibly  thrust  forbidden  food 
down  his  tliroat,  and  (it  is  a  common  thing)  that  man  has  ceased 
to  have  any  rights  in  this  woild  or  the  next.  Is  this  a  faith  for 
which  much  trouble  should  be  taken  in  resuscitating?” 


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EXTENT  AND  SUCCESS  OF  MISSIONS  IN  INDIA, 

In  India  the  Missionaries  of  twenty-three  different  societies  are 
laboring  to  give  the  gospel  to  these  people,  sitting  in  the  death 
shade  of  Hindooism.  Eight  of  these  organizations  are  in  the 
United  States — the  remaining  seventeen  have  their  seat  in  Eng- 
land  and  on  the  continent. 

The  following  statistics,  brought  down  to  the  year  1862,  will 
give  an  idea  of  the  extent  and  success  of  their  missions. 

Area  in  square  miles  of  India  and  Ceylon  exclu¬ 


sive  ofBurmah .  1,491,279 

Population . 1 82, 760,764 

European  and  American  missionaries .  519 

Square  miles  to  each  missionary .  2,734 

Population  to  each  missionary .  350,397 

Native  Converts .  153,816  / 

Native  Catechists  and  Preachers .  1,364 

Proportion  of  Converts  to  population,  ...  .1  in  1,180 

Number  of  Converts  to  each  missionary .  296 

Children  under  Christian  instruction .  90,706 

Proportion  of  pupils  to  population,  . 1  in  2,002 

Number  of  pupils  to  each  missionary .  173 


KEKELA’S  LETTER  TO  ABRAHAM  LINCOLN. 

The  history  of  this  letter,  in  brief,  is  as  follows :  Two  or  three 
years  since,  an  American  whale-ship  touched  at  the  Marquesas 
Islands  for  supplies.  Upon  going  ashore,  the  first  mate,  Mr. 
Whalon,  was  seized  by  a  cannibal  chief  for  some  injury  done  by 
a  Peruvian  ship’s  crew,  and  doomed  to  satiate,  at  once,  the  appe¬ 
tite  and  the  revenge  of  the  savage  Islander.  Upon  the  same 
island  lived  Kekela,  a  native  Hawaiian  missionary,  who  had  been 
sent  there,  and  sustained  by  his  Christian  countrymen  to  endeavor 
to  give  this  people  the  gospel  which  had  so  blessed  themselves. 
Hearing  of  the  peril  of  this  American,  he  at  once  went  to  his  res- 
cue,and  by  his  urgent  entreaty,  emphasized  by  the  offer,  as  ransom, 
of  a  new  six-oared  boat,  given  him  by  a  friend  in  Boston,  and 
which  he  greatly  prized,  and  greatly  needed  in  his  missionary 
work — succeeded  in  saving  his  life.  This  coming  to  the  know- 
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ledge  of  Mr.  Lincoln,  with  his  characteristic  recognition  of  noble 
deeds  among  the  lowly,  he  sent  from  his  own  funds,  it  is  said, 
five  hundred  dollars,  to  be  distributed  among  Mr.  Whalon’s  de¬ 
liverers.  The  letter  below  was  written  as  an  acknowledgment 
for  this  generous  act  of  our  lamented  President.  It  came,  how¬ 
ever,  too  late.  When  it  reached  Washington,  the  land  was  in 
mourning  for  his  untimely  death. 


Hivaoa,  March  27,  1865. 

To  A.  Lixcolk,  President  of  the  United  States  of  America. 

Greetings  to  you,  great  and  good  friend  ! 

My  mind  is  stirred  up  to  address  you  in  friendship,  by  the  re¬ 
ceipt  of  your  communication  through  y6ur  minister,  resident  in 
Honolulu,  James  McBride. 

I  greatly  respect  you  for  holding  converse  with  such  humble 
ones.  Such  you  well  know  us  to  be. 

I  am  a  native  of  the  Hawaiian  Islands,  from  Waialua  Oahu, 
born  in  1824,  and  at  twelve  years  of  age  attended  the  school  at 
'  Waialua  of  Rev.  Mr.  Emerson;  and  was  instructed  in  reading, 
Avriting,  and  mental  arithmetic  and  geography. 

In  1838  I  was  entered  at  the  high  school  of  Lahainaluna,  and 
was  under  the  instruction  of  Messrs.  L.  Andrews,  E.  W.  Clark,  S. 
Dibble  and  W.  H.  Alexander.  Hot  being  in  advance  of  others,  I 
remained  in  the  school  some  years,  and  in  1843  I  graduated, 
and  Avas  then  invited  and  desired  by  the  teachers  to  continue  my 
studies  in  other  branches,  that  is,  to  join  a  class  in  theology,  under 
the  Rev.  S.  Dibble.  He  died  in  1845,  and  I  and  others  continued 
the  study  of  the  Scripture  under  W.  H.  Alexander.  In  1847  I 
graduated,  having  been  at  Lahainaluna  nine  years.  In  that  year, 
1847,  I  married  a  girl  from  my  native  place,  who  had  for  seven 
years  attended  a  female  seminary  at  Wailuku  under  the  instruc¬ 
tion  of  J.  S.  Green,  E.  Bailey  and  Miss  Ogden. 

In  the  same  year  1847,  I  and  my  Avife  Avere  called  to  Kahuku, 
a  remote  place  in  Koolau  on  Oahu,  to  instruct  the  people  there  in 
the  Scriptures,  and  in  other  words  of  wisdom.  I  remained  in  this 
work  for  some  years.  It  Avas  clear  to  myself  and  to  my  wife  that 
our  lives  Avere  not  our  OAvn,  but  belonged  to  the  Lord,  and,  there¬ 
fore,  we  covenanted  one  Avith  the  other,  that  we  Avould  be  the 
Lord’s,  “  His  only.  His  forever.”  And  from  that  time  forth  Ave 
yielded  ourseRes  servants  unto  the  Lord.  In  1852,  certain  Ameri¬ 
can  missionaries,  Dr.  Gulick  and  others,  Avere  sent  out  on  their 


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way  to  Micronesia.  I  was  one  of  their  company,  and  after  seven 
months’  absence,  I  returned  with  E.  W.  Clark.  On  my  return  I 
was  employed  in  arousing  the  Hawaiians  to  the  work  of  foreign 
missions. 

In  1853  there  came  to  our  island  a  Macedonian  cry  for  mission¬ 
aries  to  Nuuhiva,  brought  by  Matunui,  a  chief  of  Fatuhiwa. 

The  missionaries  speedily  laid  hold  upon  me  to  go  to  this  group 
of  islands.  I  did  not  assent  immediately,  I  stopped  to  consider 
carefully,  with  much  prayer  to  God,  to  make  clear  to  me  that  this 
call  was  from  God,  and  I  took  counsel  with  my  wife.  It  was  evi¬ 
dent  to  us  that  this  was  a  call  from  God,  therefore  we  consented 
to  come  to  these  dark,  benighted  and  cannibal  islands. 

I  had  aged  parents,  and  my  wife  beloved  relatives,  and  we  had 
a  little  girl  three  years  old.  We  left  them  in  our  native  land. 
We  came  away  to  seek  the  salvation  of  the  souls  of  this  people, 
because  our  hearts  were  full  of  the  love  of  God.  This  was  the 
only  ground  of  our  coming  hither,  away  from  our  native  land. 

In  the  year  1853  we  came  to  these  cannibal  islands,  and  we 
dwelt  first  for  four  years  at  Fatuhiwa,  and  in  1857  we  removed  to 
Hivaoa,  another  island,  to  do  the  work  of  the  Lord  Jesus;  and 
from  that  time  until  now,  Ave  have  striven  to  do  the  work  of  Jesus 
Christ,  without  regard  for  wealth  or  worldly  pleasure.  We  came 
for  the  Lord,  to  seek  the  salvation  of  men,  and  this  is  our  only 
motive  for  remaining  in  this  dark  land. 

When  I  saw  one  of  your  countrymen,  a  citizen  of  your  great 
nation,  ill-treated,  and  about  to  be  baked  and  eaten,  as  a  pig  is 
eaten,  I  ran  to  save  him,  full  of  pity  and  grief  at  the  evil  deed  of 
these  benighted  people.  I  gave  my  boat  for  the  stranger’s  life. 
This  boat  came  from  James  Hunnewell,  a  gift  of  friendship.  It 
became  the  ransom  of  this  countryman  of  yours,  that  he  might 
not  be  eaten  by  the  savages  who  knew  not  Jehovah.  This  was  Mr. 
Whalon,  and  the  date,  Jan.  14,  1865. 

As  to  this  friendly  deed  of  mine  in  saving  Mr.  Whalon,  its  seed 
came  from  your  great  land,  and  Avas  brought  by  certain  of  your 
countrymen,  who  had  received  the  love  of  God.  It  was  planted 
in  Hawaii,  and  I  brought  it  to  plant  in  this  land  and  in  these  dark 
regions,  that  they  might  receive  the  root  of  all  that  is  good  and 
true,  which  is  love. 

1.  Love  to  Jehovah. 

2.  Love  to  self. 

3.  LoAm  to  our  neighbor. 

If  a  man  haim  a  sufficiency  of  these  three,  he  is  good  and  holy. 


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like  his  God,  Jehovah,  in  his  triune  character  (Father,  Son  and 
Holy  Ghost),  one-three,  three-one.  If  he  have  two  and  wants 
one,  it  is  not  well ;  and  if  he  have  one  and  wants  two,  this,  indeed 
is  not  well ;  but  if  he  cherishes  all  three,  then  is  he  holy,  indeed, 
after  the  manner  of  the  Bible. 

This  is  a  great  thing  for  your  great  nation  to  boast  of,  before 
all  the  nations  of  the  earth.  From  your  great  land  a  precious  seed 
was  brought  to  the  land  of  darkness.  It  was  planted  here,  not 
by  means  of  guns  and  men-of-war  and  threatenings.  It  was  plant 
ed  by  means  of  the  ignorant,  the  neglected,  the  despised.  Such 
was  the  introduction  of  the  word  of  the  Almighty  God  into  this 
group  of  ISTuuhiva.  Great  is  my  debt  to  Americans,  who  have 
taught  me  all  things  pertaining  to  this  life,  and  to  that  which  is 
to  come. 

How  shall  I  repay  your  great  kindness  to  me?  Thus  David 
asked  of  Jehovah,  and  thus  I  ask  of  you,  the  President  of  the 
United  States.  This  is  my  only  payment — that  which  I  have  re¬ 
ceived  of  the  Lord — aloha. — love. 

I  and  my  wife,  Naomi,  have  five  children,  the  first  with  Miss 
Ogden,  the  second  with  Rev.  J.  S.  Emerson ;  we  now  send  the 
third  to  live  with  Rev.  L.  H.  Gulick ;  the  fourth  is  with  Kauwea- 
loha,  my  fellow  missionary,  and  the  fifth  is  with  us  at  present. 
Another  stranger  is  soon  expected.  There  is  heaviness  in  thus 
having  to  scatter  the  children  where  they  can  be  well  taken 
care  of. 

We  have  received  your  gifts  of  friendship  according  to  your  in¬ 
structions  to  your  minister,  James  McBride.  Ah  !  I  greatly  honor 
your  interest  in  this  countryman  of  yours.  It  is,  indeed,  in  keep¬ 
ing  with  all  I  have  known  of  your  acts  as  President  of  the  United 
States. 

A  clear  witness  this  in  all  lands  of  your  love  for  those  whose 
deeds  are  love,  as  saith  the  Scripture,  “  Thou  shalt  love  Jehovah, 
and  shalt  love  thy  neighbor  as  thyself.” 

And  so  may  the  love  of  the  Lord  Jesus  abound  with  you  until 
the  end  of  this  terrible  war  in  your  land. 

I  am,  Abraham  Lincoln,  President  of  the  United  States, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

James  Kekela. 


(Signed) 


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WHAT  THE  SAVAGE  ISLANDERS  DID  FOR  THE  NEW 

SHIP. 

Those  who  are  taking  stock  in  the  new  Morning  Star  will  be 
glad  to  know  that  many  of  the  children  in  England  have  just  been 
engaged  in  the  same  kind  of  work.  They  are  building  a  new 
John  W illiamsJ  The  following  letter  will  show  they  were  not 
alone  in  the  undertaking,  but  that  children  in  the  far-off  islands 
of  the  Pacific  also  “  did  what  they  could.” 

‘‘Niune,  on  Savage  Island,  May  8th,  1865. 

“  My  deae  young  Feiends — We  are  anxiously  waiting  to  hear 
something  about  the  new  missionary  ship.  It  is  a  year  ago  since 
our  good  old  ship  the  ‘  John  Williams  ’  went  down,  but  we  have 
heard  nothing  yet  about  a  successor.  I  wrote  to  Dr.  Tidman  soon 
after  Ave  heard  of  the  death  of  the  ‘  J.  W.’  and  asked  him  to  leave 
something,  if  it  wms  only  a  piece  of  rope,  for  the  young  people  of 
Savage  Island  to  pay  for. 

“  Let  me  tell  you  what  they  have  done  to  help  in  the  work,  and 
how  they  have  done  it. 

“You  know  there  is  no  money  on  Savage  Island.  No  boy  or 
girl  has  any  money,  not  even  a  farthing.  Their  fathers  and  moth¬ 
ers  are  no  better  off,  so  that  collecting  cards  and  missionary  boxes 
are  useless  here. 

“  There  are  only  two  things,  however,  which  can  be  prepared 
as  contributions  ;  and  these  are  cocoa  nut  fibre  and  cotton :  the 
former  is  useful  for  stuffing  mattresses,  making  rope,  matting,  etc.; 
the  latter  you  know  the  use  of  well  enough. 

“In  January  last  the  children  began  to  prepare  fibre  as  their 
contributions  to  the  new  ship.  It  is  no  very  easy  work  preparing 
it ;  but  the  boys  and  girls  had  to  do  it  themselves.  Many  of  you 
have  seen  the  old,  dry  cocoanuts,  as  they  are  sent  to  England  in 
the  husks.  The  husk  is  large  and  thick,  full  of  strong  fibres,  the 
long  Avay  of  the  nut.  It  is  only  the  fibre  of  the  ripe,  newly-gath' 
ered  nuts  that  is  useful,  and  will  sell.  The  nuts  have  to  be  husked, 
the  outside  of  the  husk  thrown  away,  and  the  inner  part  well  beaten 
and  dried  to  get  out  the  fibre  clean.  It  has  to  be  beaten  well, 
then  put  out  in  the  sun  to  dry.  This  has  to  be  repeated  several 
times,  untirthe  fibre  is  clean  and  free  from  dust.  It  has  then  to 


be  tied  up  in  bundles  of  about  fifty  pounds  each,  when  it  is  ready 
to  be  shipped. 

“  It  takes  about  six  nuts  on  an  average  to  make  a  pound  of  fibre, 
and  a  pound  of  fibre  fetches  2^d.  in  Samoa.  A  boy  would  have 
to  work  several  days  to  get  a  j)ound  of  fibre,  and  his  arms  would 
ache  well  too. 

“For  about  two  months  we  heard  the  sound  of  fibre-beating 
early  and  late.  Boys  and  girls — little  and  big — all  worked  with  a 
will,  to  see  who  would  get  the  most.  The  first  week  in  April  all 
the  contributions  were  brought  in,  the  children  of  each  settlement 
bringing  their  bundles  of  fibre  to  us  here  to  be  weighed,  and  then 
put  it  in  the  store-house. 

“There  was  nearly  10,000  lbs.  of  fibre  (9332  lbs.)  and  195  lbs. 
of  picked  cotton.  This,  with  £l  in  money,  from  our  own  and  the 
teachers’  children,  will  realize,  we  expect,  £l25.  This  is  the 
Savage  Island  share  in  the  new  ship — £125.  Thank  God  that 
the  children  of  a  small  island,  which  was  all  dark  when  the  last 
missionary  ship  was  buiit,  have  now  raised  £l25  towards  a  new 
ship  to  take  the  Word  of  God  to  islands  still  dark.  You  must 
not  think  the  above  has  been  from  any  but  the  children  ;  the  adults 
were  preparing  their  contributions  to  the  Missionary  Society  at 
the  same  time,  and,  a  fortnight  after  the  children,  brought  in 
15,518  lbs.  of  fibre  and  270  lbs.  of  cotton,  which,  with  a  little  cash, 
is  valued  at  £200. 

“  Our  people  are  now  anxiously  waiting  for  a  new  ship,  and 
praying  that  it  may  soon  come,  and  covaQ  filled  loith  nev^  mission¬ 
aries.  If  there  is  not  one  on  board  for  Savasre  Island,  I  don’t 
know  that  the  people  will  let  the  captain  land  when  he  comes. 

“  And  now  I  must  finish  this  letter.  Don’t  forget  Savage  Is- 
and ;  but  pray  that  the  children  may  give  their  hearts,  as  well  as 
their  contributions,  to  the  Saviour. 

“  I  remain, 

“Your  affectionate  Friend, 

“  W.  G.  Laives.” 


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LETTER  TO  THE  CHILDREN"  ABOUT  THE  MORNING 

STAR. 

Dear  Children: — Yon  will  be  gladito  learn  that  the  effort  of 
the  Sabbath  Schools  to  build  a  new  missionary  ship  is  moving  on 
grandly.  The  word  from  the  Missionary  Rooms  at  Boston  is 
that  “  already(June  l5)contributions  are  coming  to  the  Treasurer 
such  as  to  encourage  the  hope  that  the  effort  has  been  general 
and  generous,  and  that  *the  needed  sum  will  be  received.  The 
vessel  will  be  built  at  once,  and  within  a  few  months,  it  is  pre¬ 
sumed,  will  go  forth  on  its  errand  of  love.” 

The  children  of  the  Sabbath  Schools  in  the  North-west,  who 
send  their  money  to  this  office  in  Chicago,  are  also  doing  admi¬ 
rably.  Every  day  brings  in  many  returns,  and  I  am  kept  very 
busy  in  sending  out  the  little  books,  and  the  certificates  of  stock. 
Some  of  the  things  I  hear  about  the  children’s  giving,  touch  me 
very  much.  In  the  contribution  of  one  school,  was  a  little  pack- 
age  by  itself,  containing  sixty-three  cents.  “  It  is  from  little 
Carrie,  now  in  heaven,”  said  the  Superintendent.  “  She  had  been 
saving  her  money  for  some  such  purpose  as  this,  but  before  the 
second  Sabbath  of  June  came,  she  had  gone  home  to  the  Saviour. 
And  now  her  mother  thinks  that  this  is  just  what  Carrie  would 
gladly  have  done  with  it,  were  she  alive.” 

This  reminds  me  of  the  little  verse  that  a  boy  contributed  with 
his  dollar,  for  the  old  Morning  Star. 

“  This  gold  dollar,  once  my  mother’s, 

To  the  missionary  packet  is  given, 

And  when  e’er  I  see  that  dear  ship, 

I  shall  think  of  my  mother,  in  heaven.” 

Some  of  you  will  remember  a  letter  which  a  little  girl  in  Min¬ 
nesota,  four  and  a  half  years  old,  sent  to  the  heathen  children, 
with  her  ten  cents,  to  help  the  mission  schools.  It  was  written  in 
her  baby  scrawl,  as  she  pretended,  and  then  her  mother  took  the 
pen  and  put  it  into  English^  taking  the  words  from  the  little  one’s 
lips.  I  think  I  must  copy  it  here  for  those  who  have  not  seen  it. 
This  was  the  direction  : 

Dear  little  heathen  children^  way  down  there  where  they  loojiH 
let  yon  have  any  Dihles  to  read : 

“  The  heathen  must  have  a  Bible  to  learn  about  God.  They 
throw  their  babes  into  the  crocodiles.  Dear  heathen  children, 
you  must  pray  to  Jesus  to  help  you  to  be  good,  and  ’watch  over 
you.  Dear  little  heathen  children,  Judas  betrayed  Jesus  by  kis- 


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sing  him,  and  the  naughty  men  came  and  led  him  away,  and  cru¬ 
cified  him.  They  nailed  him  to  the  cross,  and  stuck  a  spear  in 
his  side.  Dear  little  heathen  children,  Jesus  told  that  man  to  put 
his  hand  into  his  side,  so  he  would  believe  he  was  Christ.  God 
is  in  heaven,  and  I  wish  you  to  believe  in  Jesus — so  iwhen  you 
die  you  will  go  to  heaven.” 

Was  not  that  a  nice  letter  for  a  little  girl  four  and  a  half  years 
old  to  write  ?  W ell,  that  was  two  years  ago,  and  now  you  may 
be  sure  she  does  not  forget  the  Morning  Star.  She  is  saving  her 
money  to  buy  a  melodeon,  and  has  got  ten  dollars  already.  The 
other  day  her  dog,  which  was  given  her  when  he  was  a  little 
puppy,  having  grown  so  large  he  was  troublesome,  had  to  be  sold. 
He  brought  four  dollars,  and  one  of  them  she  sent  me  by  her 
father  last  week  for  the  new  missionary  ship. 

And  now  children,  I  must  close  by  hoping  that  every  Sabbath 
School  in  the  Northwest  will  take  stock  in  the  Morning  Star, 
and  that  every  child  will  have  an  interest  in  that  salvation  which 
she  is  to  carry  to  the  distant  Islands  of  the  sea. 

Affectionately  your  friend, 

S.  J.  Humphrey. 

51  LaSalle  St.,^  Chicago,  July  6, 1866. 


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